For the

1962 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 56 teams entered the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Chile, as the hosts, and Brazil, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for com ...

, there were three inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final three qualification spots to the

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. The matches were played between 8 October – 26 November 1961.

Format

The six teams from the five confederations ( AFC, CAF,

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

, NAFC, and

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) were drawn into three ties. In each tie, the two teams played a

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home-and-away series. The three winners, decided on aggregate score, qualified for the

in Chile.

Qualified teams

Matches

The matches were played between 8 October – 26 November 1961.

CAF v UEFA

UEFA v AFC

CCCF/NAFC v CONMEBOL

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match. ;3 goals * Milan Galić ;2 goals * Dragoslav Šekularac ;1 goal * Salvador Reyes * Abdallah Ben Barek *

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Chung Soon-cheon Chung may refer to: Surnames * Chung (surname) * Jeong (surname), Korean surname * Zhong (surname), or Chung, Chinese surname * Cheung, or Chung, Cantonese surname Geography * Chung, Iran, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran ...

* Yoo Pan-soon * Enrique Collar * Alfredo Di Stéfano *

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Luis del Sol Luis del Sol Cascajares (6 April 1935 – 20 June 2021) was a Spanish football midfielder and manager. He played a total of 112 La Liga games for Betis and Real Madrid (28 goals scored), winning five major titles with the latter side and earni ...

Zvezdan Čebinac Zvezdan Čebinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Звeздaн Чeбинaц; 8 December 1939, Belgrade – 18 February 2012, Aarau) was a Serbian football midfielder and manager. He played 20 times for SFR Yugoslavia. He had then a coaching career in Switzerlan ...

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References

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